Images – Page 2 – Ellsworth Live

Pause for thought

A break in snow shoveling duties

Martin during update discussions

Frost flowers on the onion tank

Preparing for phase 2

Time out to rehydrate and check emails

Generator maintenance at -22C

Preparing the drill head for phase 2

24-hour daylight

Note: this is a high-res image and so may take a few moments to view. It shows the position of the sun over 24-hours, from middle of the night (lowest position) through to midday (centre). The times marked are operational times at the site (GMT-3).

The drilling begins

Deploying the drill down the borehole

Swabbing the hose to check for bacteria

The hose moves steadily downwards

Attaching the hose

Taking the hose to the wellhead

Attaching the hose to the drill

Almost ready to start the drilling

Preparing the filters

Checking the tank valve pressure

Bleeding the filter bank

Monitoring the filtration system

Melting the snow mountain

Filling the first onion tank

One down, one to go!

Admiring all their hard work

Let’s go to work…

Hot water at last!

It’s alive! The boiler fires up

First of three 30,000 litre onion tanks

The first hot water emerges

Priming the boiler

Insulated pipes from boiler to filters

Shoveling snow into the boiler melt tank

Keeping going despite the weather